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The Keystone K-78 Patrician was a twenty passenger tri-motored monoplane, powered by Wright Cyclone engines. The Patrician was introduced in late 1928, and embarked on a cross country trip from New York to the Pacific coast and back. A production run of ten aircraft was started in 1929 as there was interest from both Transcontinental Air Transport (TAT) and Wright Aeronautical Corporation for aircraft; however orders for additional airplanes were soon canceled due to the economic problems of the Stock Market's collapse.

Identifier

NASM.2007.0022

Creator

Nichols Studio

Date

bulk 1928

Provenance

Angie Wiseman, Gift, 2007

Extent

0.05 Cubic feet ((1 folder))

Archival Repository

National Air and Space Museum Archives

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of two black and white eight by ten inch (mounted on 12 by 14 inch board) photographs of the Keystone K-78 Patrician taken by Nichols Studio, 1928. In one photograph, the following Keystone personnel are shown standing in front of the aircraft: Edgar Gott, C. L. Roloson, C. Talbot Porter, and Charles Koch; in the second photograph, the following aviation personalities are show standing in front to the aircraft: Edgar Gott, C. L. Roloson, C. Talbot Porter, Charles Koch, George Halderman, Clarence Chamberlin, Kenneth Lane, and Lt. E. R. McReynolds. Also included in this collection are two newspaper articles about the Keystone Patrician.

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Citation

Keystone K-78 Patrician Photographs, Accession number 2007-0022, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Topics

Keystone K-78 Patrician

Aeronautics

Aeronautics, Commercial

Type

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

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